[OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software application that will draw a graticule on a map?

[P Kishor]

On 9/6/07, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com> wrote:
,,
> Yikes!  Is National-Topographic-Series quality cartography
> dead?  Am I destined to print only pastel polygon "diagrams"
> on letter size paper if I adopt Open Source?  ;)

Write an emai to Markus Neteler and ask him for samples of stuff he
has produced with Grass, a real GIS. The quality will blow you away.
Granted, I have not seen that stuff on a large piece of paper, but
even on the screen, it looks gorgeous. It is probably not easy to
produce that kind of stuff, but good quality stuff never is point and
click.

(MapServer is not a GIS... it says so on the box it comes in).
>
> Brent Fraser
> GeoAnalytic Inc.
> Calgary, Alberta
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed McNierney" <ed at topozone.com>
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source
> software applicationthat will draw a graticule on a map?
>
>
> > Brent -
> >
> > I'm not quite sure it suits your needs, but have you
> looked at the dlgv32
> > viewer the USGS distributes at
> > http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro/index.html ?
> >
> > I haven't used it in a while, but it does offer graticule
> overlay,
> > large-format printing, and comes with a source
> distribution; I don't recall
> > the details of the source license, and my memory may be a
> bit weak on the
> > features.  It's a Windows application and you can
> certainly download it and
> > give it a shot.
> >
> >      - Ed
> >
> > --
> > Ed McNierney
> > Chief Mapmaker
> > Demand Media / TopoZone.com
> > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> > North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> > Phone: (978) 251-4242
> > Fax: (978) 251-1396
> > ed at topozone.com
> >
> >
> > > From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
> > > Reply-To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:36:26 -0600
> > > To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source
> software application that
> > > will draw a graticule on a map?
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >   I've been looking for an Open Source desktop
> application
> > > that will:
> > >
> > > 1. Combine raster and vector spatial data, and
> (re)project
> > > them
> > > 2. Render a graticule (lines and labels showing latitude
> and
> > > longitude) (and no, I don't want to create a shapefile
> to do
> > > that)
> > > 3. Print to a large format plotter (paper 24 inches wide
> or
> > > greater)
> > >
> > > So far I've looked at uDig, Quantum GIS, and gvSig.  As
> far
> > > as I can tell, none of them can do Step 2, and only
> gvSig
> > > does Step 3 successfully.
> > >
> > > Any pointers would be appreciated!
> > >
> > > Brent Fraser
> > > GeoAnalytic Inc.
> > > Calgary, Alberta
> > >
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Puneet Kishor
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Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
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Summer 2007 S&T Policy Fellow, The National Academies
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